^^
Voice chat would be really nice
I guess so. But the whole idea of DLC with Pulse was to create a source of revenue associated with the game long after the purchase of the initial UMD disc. By including the originally intended DLC, Sony is moving away from this financial model-- figuring that it is probably best to include more original content and charge a bit more for the game up front.
I'm not so much worried about it being affordable-- current generation games run $60+ USD and I'm sure Wipeout HD will be south of that, and well worth it IMHO.
It's just striking how much less content there is in Wipeout HD than in the recent PSP games, and I wonder if this reflects intrinsic development costs for real HD games![]()